anotst01@fastmail.fm wrote: > virt-install can not really install unattended. Hmm... I guess I have been doing something wrong since I have been using it for unattended installs for a while now. > 1. it installs inside a VM, which was the whole point of VMBuilder, that > his is not neccessary. Ok, overlooking this one... I am not quite sure what you are referring to here. It launches a VM. That is the whole point. It is just like a real system. And then the installation can be automated and unattended if desired. That is really a second and independent piece. If you were installing on a full physical system and not a virtual machine how would you prefer to install it so that it would be unattended to your preference? > 2. It relies on preseed or kickstart. These methods have other glitches, > removing any advantages of a VMBuilder like approach. It builds a virtual machine. If you use the VM to install using debian-installer then you will want to use a preseed file to make it fully unattended. But I don't know of any "glitches". Perhaps we can help with particular details? And it isn't required to use the debian-installer and other methods such as copying over a pre-built image can be used too. I normally run the d-i using a preseed file. Works for me! Bob
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